benefits programs

Have you ever heard the phrase happy employees lead to happy customers? In today's episode, Cara Lenz and I discuss the importance of health and well ness in the workplace. We unpack the importance of creating a healthy workplace which can prevent burnout and turnover.

Cara is a Leadership Transformation Coach, Consultant and Speaker. She is the Founder of Cara Lenz Coaching and Consulting and she has a book coming out Fall 2023! We talk through all things wellness in the workplace and how crucial it is to prioritize health, even at work. You can connect with Cara HERE 

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Imagine you’ve just received a life-changing diagnosis: maybe it’s cancer, maybe it’s ALS. Whatever it is, the last thing you would want to worry about is finding the best specialist or questioning if your prognosis is correct. 

That’s where an Expert Medical Opinion solution can help. Josh Reimer, Director of Channel Partnerships at Included Health, joined us to review many of the challenges of our current healthcare system:

• Confusion: 50% of individuals struggle to understand their insurance
• Low engagement: 33% of individuals avoid medical care altogether
• Lack of access: >16,000 physician offices closed due to COVID
• High costs: 30% of healthcare spend is considered waste

He then explained how an EMO solution can help break down those barriers to simplify the healthcare experience, delivering access to 4000  of the top clinical specialists and subspecialists nationwide.

Listen to the full conversation.

• Connect with Josh Reimer on LinkedIn
• Visit Included Health
• Connect with our co-hosts Jennifer Jones and David Pittman 
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Produced by David Pittman

Theme music: "Overboard" by Stay Outside

“What we've seen in the last 10 to 15 years … is a juggernaut of costs from specialty medicines, usually wonderful medicines with great cures, but that come at a significant cost. … And whereas the split between medical and pharma used to be that we spent some of our time on utilization of pharmacy and prescriptions and generics and mail order versus retail, now specialty medicine is just blowing everything out of the water from a cost perspective.” 

With that, healthcare industry thought leader Dr. Ron Leopold launched into an engaging conversation about macro trends in employee benefits, covering the ever-evolving effects of COVID, the proliferation of point solutions, the major cost drivers for employers, and how those employers should be using data to contain their costs.

“There's a whole lot that we can measure if we're smart and understand this requires both looking at the data and then really thinking through cause and effect,” said Dr. Leopold.

Listen to the full conversation.

• Connect with Dr. Leopold on LinkedIn
• Visit RonLeopold.com
• Connect with our co-hosts Jennifer Jones and Mike Pattengale 
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Have feedback, questions, or suggestions for show ideas? Send them to us at podcast@springbuk.com.

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Produced by David Pittman

Theme music: "Overboard" by Stay Outside

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) was signed into law, including many provisions that impact employer-sponsored health plans. The CAA mandates a new set of requirements for pharmacy reporting, mental health parity compliance, consumer price transparency, balance-billing practices, and other requirements related to contracts between employers, their health plans, and broker/consultant partners.

It’s complex. Shannon Kukulka, an employee benefits attorney at Waller and former  in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company, joined Nicole Belles, vice president of product at Springbuk, and regular host Jennifer Jones to share her legal knowledge and practical advice on how employers can navigate the murky waters of the CAA.

• Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn
• Visit Waller’s website
• Read Shannon’s blog about the CAA
• Connect with our co-hosts Jennifer Jones and Nicole Belles 
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Have feedback, questions, or suggestions for show ideas? Send them to us at podcast@springbuk.com.

Please rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, and share it with your friends and colleagues. We appreciate you and thank you for listening!

Produced by David Pittman

Theme music: "Overboard" by Stay Outside

Healthiest Employers is the trusted awards program that recognizes people-first organizations that are taking a more proactive approach to employee health. Since its inception in 2009, the Healthiest Employers corporate wellness program has attracted over 10,000 employers representing more than 60 million employees from all across the United States.

Haley Elmore, Healthiest Employers program coordinator, joined Jennifer and Mike to share several of the attributes found in organizations that were named in the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America. She also explain why companies choose to apply for the program and the value they take away from participating, even if they don’t receive a regional or national award. HINT:  it’s learning from the best of the best.

Listen as Haley provides recommendations for both employers and their employees.

• Connect with Haley on LinkedIn
• Visit Healthiest Employers website
• Read the Healthiest Employers blog
• Get a Benchmark Report with more than 40 pages of data, charts, and recommendations
• Connect with our co-hosts Jennifer Jones and Mike Pattengale 
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Have feedback, questions, or suggestions for show ideas? Send them to us at podcast@springbuk.com.

Please rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, and share it with your friends and colleagues. We appreciate you and thank you for listening!

Produced by David Pittman

Theme music: "Overboard" by Stay Outside